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Free Pattern: Simple Kites

One of my most rewarding past times is volunteering for The Linus Connection, so when a friend asked me to design a simple paper pieced kite that would be easy to incorporate into quilts for Linus, I eagerly accepted.

Simple Kite

Of course, I couldn’t create just one pattern! Having more adds variety. When I was done, I had the Four Patch Kite and it’s reverse and the Simple Kite and it’s reverse. Each block prints at 6″ x 8″, so it’s easy to make a nice large block by adding sashing, or, keep it as is and sprinkle a kite here and there through your quilt!

Please do take print these patterns and use them for your own non-profit group, or make a sweet summer quilt for a child that you love!

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sew awesome: The Princess

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Being blessed with friends the way I am, I guess it’s no surprise that I have royalty on my side! This sewhooked Sew Awesome award is looong overdue and well deserved.

When I put the call out for for help with blankets for Linus, The Princess, aka Amber of Amber’s Originals, not only made and donated blankets to The Linus Connection, my favorite charity, she designed this brand new pattern just for Linus!

And then she posted it for everyone to share…for free.

The Texas Brick Blanket, from Amber’s Originals

I’ve been working on my very own version of this awesome blanket. The technique is different than anything I’ve ever crocheted and I just love the way it’s turning out!

My version, in progress.

Amber, you ROCK, thank you for sharing! See more of Amber’s original, creative and downright cool work here.

If you make a Sew Awesome Craft or any pattern, craft or recipe from sewhooked, I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the sewhooked flickr group.

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Paper Piecing – Boobalicious

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I got a great email request last week from Grace. She was inspired by Shae’s Y-Front quilt to make a bra-themed quilt to raffle off as part of a fundraiser the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure. I don’t generally take commissions, but I will do a special request, especially when it’s something that touches my heart!

Heart With A Cause

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Breast cancer has touched my life through friends and family. Any step forward is a step in the right direction. This pattern is a teeny tiny contribution!

Use it with my blessing to make quilts to remind you to help Save the Tatas!

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Strawberry Ice Cream Baby Blanket goes Knit Picks!

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Strawberry Ice Cream Baby Blanket, made by Knit Picks

Some days, the good news can’t get any better!

On Friday, Knit Picks, a site that any yarn lover will know, published one of my crochet patterns, Strawberry Ice Cream Baby Blanket!

How exciting is that!?

Download the pattern free from Knit Picks

The original Strawberry Ice Cream Baby Blanket was donated to The Linus Connection in March 2009, blogged.

Thank you Knit Picks, for publishing my pattern and making my day! Thanks to Stacey for making it easy as ice cream!

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Two for One Heart Square, 6″ & 12″ variations

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I’m not sure if it’s the awesome “hearts on a string” appearance of this square, or maybe it’s the lovely squashiness of working with two strands of yarn. Either way, this is my new favorite pattern! I’m envisioning an entire afghan made from 12″ blocks, possibly in a rainbow of colors!

Color A (worsted weight)
Color B (worsted weight)
Size H Hook
Gauge – 4dc = approximately 1″, 2 rows = 1″

Special Note: The pattern is achieved by changing colors at the top the dc sts.

The color pattern is Row 1: 2 color A, 1 color B, 2 color A, etc; Row 2, 2 color B, 1 color A, 2 color B (repeat pattern)

You will be working across the strand of yarn that you are not using throughout. This means you’ll only have ends to weave in at the beginning and end. See the illustrations in BD Chessboard for examples on how to do this.

Because you’re working with two strands of yarn at all times, pay special attention so they don’t get twisted.

With Color A For 6″ square, ch 22 (for 12″ square, ch 42)

Row 1: dc in 4th ch from hook, change color at top of dc, (dc in next ch, change color at top of dc, dc in each of next 2 ch, change color at top of dc). Rep ( ) across, changing color in top of ch 3.

Row 2: dc in next ch, (change color at top of dc, dc in next st, change color at top of dc, dc in each of next 2 sts). Rep ( ) across, changing color in top of ch 3.

Repeat Row 2 for Rows 3-12 (3-21 for 12″ block), always working across the color not on the hook, finish off.

Border: Using one strand of either color, sc evenly around all sides (2 sc in side of dcs), 3 sc in each corner; ch 1, sc in each sc around, 2 sc in corners. Finish off.

12″ Square

6″ Square

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Blogger’s Quilt Festival: Facets of Friendship

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It’s hard to believe it’s already time for another Blogger’s Quilt Festival! It doesn’t seem so long ago that I was writing up a my post for the Spring Festival!

Facets of Friendship, 2008

Last year, my best friend, Jewells, of Julia Makes Stuff, had a big birthday. It was one of those lovely, once-in-a-decade numbers that seem ever so daunting when we’re staring them in the face.

She and I have been friends since college. In some ways, we’re polar opposites, but in all the ways that count, we’re not. The older we get, the more in common we seem to have. Jewells has been there for me through some crazy times in my life. She knew me before I started dating my husband of 15 years, before I had kids or a college degree. She stood up for me at my wedding and has been more like a sister to me than anything. The only thing I would change about our relationship is the geographic distance between us.

Jen & Jewells in 2007

To celebrate the big birthday and all the years we’ve been friends, I designed a quilt for her called Facets of Friendship. In it, I used only scrap fabrics from other projects I’d done. I wanted her to have a little piece of (almost!) everything I’ve made over the last decade and a half, just like she’d been woven in and out of my life over that time.

The quilt is inspired by a quilt top I found in a thrift store. It was completely hand pieced and unfinished, with a couple of blocks coming apart at the seams when I found it. I made my own version of the Four Pointed Star/Arkansas Snowflake pattern (paper pieced, of course!) in order to fill in those couple of damaged blocks. Those couple of blocks spawned the idea that to make an entire quilt for Jewells with that same paper pieced pattern.

The Thrift Store quilt that inspired Facets of Friendship

Over the course of several months, I shared lots of teaser photos, trying to not give more of a clue than I could. I wanted her to know I was working on something big for her, because, in my opinion, anticipation is one of the best parts of life!

Pile of Fabric
collecting the scraps (teaser #1)

all the quarters pieced (close up)

all the quarters pieced…close up! (this was teaser #2)

I also took photos of the process, so I could share them with her once the quilt was finished and in her hands.

arranging the quarters into blocks…with Marie’s help

The back pieced…with the paper still on

chain piecing the neutral border

the top pieced

My favorite way to gift a quilt – in a coordinating pillow case.

Jewells’ birthday is coming up next week on October 16. Her gift this year is not quite so exciting as last year, but she is still my best friend, so I guess that’s okay!

If you’re reading this, I’d love for you to take a minute to tell my best friend Happy Birthday over on her blog!

Loopy Shells Blankie

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The original version of this pattern was given to me by a friend as a hand written pattern. I lost that pattern for years, but continued to make the blanket, and when I finally found the pattern again, I realized I’d modified it significantly from the original version as I’d tried to work from memory. Oops!

Another name for this blanket could be “stash eater” because it loves yarn! It’s a very simple pattern that makes a squishy, thick and snuggly blanket.

The one pictured will be donated to The Linus Connection.

The blanket works up to be approximately 36″ wide. It looks great with wide or thin stripes, in variegated yarn or solid!

You’ll need:

Worsted Weight Yarn (I used “I Love This Yarn” and a few other random greens I had on hand) – approximately 30 oz.
J Hook

Shell = (sc in next sc, ch 3, dc) in same st

Ch 130

Row 1: dc in 4th ch from hook, skip next 2 ch, (sc in next ch, ch 3, dc) in same st. [sk next 2 ch ( )] to end of base ch, sc in last ch.

Row 2: ch 3, dc in same st, sk ch 3, (shell) in each sc across, sc in last ch 3 sp.

Repeat Row 2 for desired length.

For edging, continue pattern around by working (shell) in ch 3 spaces along sides and back of foundation row. Finish off.

I donated this one to Linus in April of 2005

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Candy Corn Hat

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As seen on Talk To Me Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

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As I walked around my local craft store last week, I noticed little Halloween displays all over the store. Almost all of them had candy corn.

I spent the rest of that trip repeating to myself, “You do not need candy corn! You do not need candy corn!”

I guess you can see why I jokingly refer to candy corn as Halloween Crack!

Mellowcreme pumpkins?

One bag of those + me = sugar coma. Danger, danger, danger!

I created an homage to those last year with my Mellowcreme Pumpkin Earrings.

To continue the homage to my favorite Halloween candies, how about a candy corn hat? It’s easier on your teeth, works up in a jiffy and isn’t particularly hard on your yarn stash, either!

It sure as heck is easier than taking candy from a crafter baby!

You’ll need:

small amounts of worsted yarn in bright orange, white and bright yellow (Red Heart used in example)
J hook

Round 1: With white, ch 4, 11 dc in fourth ch from hook. Join with sl st at top of beg ch 3. (12 dc)

Round 2: sl st to the sp between the next two dc , ch 3, dc in same sp (cluster). (2 dc) in between each dc around. (12 clusters)

Round 3: sl st to the sp between the next cluster , ch 3, 2 dc in same sp. (3 dc) in between each cluster around. Finish off white. (12 clusters)

Round 4: With orange, join with sl st between any cluster. ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, ch 1, (4 dc, ch1) in between each cluster around. (12 clusters)

Round 5 – 10: sl st to ch 1 space, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, ch 1, (4 dc, ch1) in between each cluster around. (12 clusters), finish off orange at end of round 10.

Round 11: join yellow in any stitch, ch 1, hdc in same st and each st around, including ch 1 sps.

Round 12: ch 1, hdc in same st and each st around.

Round 13: ch 1, hdc in same st , (2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next st), repeat ( ) around. Finish off.

Easy as candy!

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Strings Attached Shoulder Bag

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This fun little bag was a way for me to use up all those odds and ends of yarn that were too small for much else. Because of the random nature of the yarn colors, it’s very forgiving. I used two different base colors because I ran out of the first, and it still worked out perfectly!

The best part? No ends to weave in!

First thing’s first, take your tiny, mismatched yarn bits and tie them end to end, making one big random yarn ball.

You’ll Need:

Odds & Ends Yarn Ball (see above)
Dark worsted yarn
K Hook

Notes:

work with two strands throughout, one of the dark worsted yarn and one of the Odds & Ends
try to keep all the yarn ends on the outside of the bag
Ch 3 = first DC throughout

Ch 24 (chain more or less for a bigger or smaller bag)

Round 1: dc into the 3rd chain from hook 7 times, dc in each ch across, dc in last ch 8 times, working on the back side of the foundation ch, dc in each loop across. sl st to the top of the first st. Mark the center of each end (between the 8 dc) with a stitch marker or piece of yarn.

Round 2: Ch 3, working in the back loop only of each stitch, dc in each stitch around, sl st to the top of ch 3 to join.

Round 3 – 14: Ch 3, dc in each stitch around, sl st to the top of ch 3 to join. Do not finish off.

Strap:

Use the stitch markers on Round 1 to find the centers on either side of the top of the bag. Starting three stitches to the right of center, join yarn with a sl st.

Row 1 – 37 : Ch 3, dc in each of the next five stitches.

Cut yarn, leaving about 15″. Starting three inches from center, whipstitch strap in place, knotting the yarn at the end.

Optional Pocket: